Brown v. State

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Walter Lonnie Brown, was convicted of murder in the first degree by a Jefferson County jury, which fixed his punishment at death in the electric chair. The information alleged that Brown killed Mrs. Hester Wares by shooting her with a pistol, while perpetrating the crime of robbery. Mrs. Wares was shot on July 15, 1964, and died the next day. From the judgment entered in accordance with the jury verdict, appellant brings this appeal. For reversal, appellant lists nine separate points, and the motion for new trial contains thirty-one assignments of…